Foundations and Futures | Placements & Salaries 2018
By Suzie Allard
What’s old is new again in this year’s job market for newly credentialed librarians. Our snapshot shows placements are resurging in traditional library settings, as well as continuing to gain strength in nontraditional areas that benefit from classic LIS skill sets.

Kent District Library Develops Online Test for Job Applicants
By Matt Enis
Kent District Library, MI, launched Bookmark, a custom-developed pre-hire screening tool designed to help assess which job candidates are most likely to succeed in patron-facing library positions.

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ProQuest Announces Rialto, Enhancing Selection and Acquisition for Alma Libraries
By Matt Enis
ProQuest today announced the development of Rialto, a solution that will integrate the features and capabilities of Ebook Central, OASIS, and Leganto within the Ex Libris Alma cloud-based Library Services Platform.

Seattle PL Partners on Indigenous Arts Project
By Lisa Peet
This fall, the Seattle Public Library kicked off a partnership with yəhaw̓, an Indigenous-led arts project created to spotlight the creativity of the local Native community.

Tweens Love These Libraries
By Wayne D'Orio
These programs ignite preteens' curiosity, compassion, and quest for the next big thing.

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Are You Ready for LibraryCon Live 2018?
By Kiera Parrott
Attention book nerds, librarians, and comics lovers: the second annual LibraryCon Live free virtual event is happening next Wednesday, November 7.

Tips and Resources from SLJ Leadership Summit 2018
By SLJ Staff
Breakout sessions at October's SLJ Leadership Summit tackled topics from standing up for LGBTQ students to primary sources to collections and collaboration. Here are some of the insights and resources from the presenting experts.

Organizing for Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing | Peer to Peer Review
By Alice Meadows, Lori Carlin, & Melanie Dolechek
It’s no secret that scholarly publishing is overwhelmingly white; 83 percent, according to the Workplace Equity Project’s recent survey. Nor that there is a dearth of women at the top—and that there is a very real gender pay gap.

A Stitch in Time | Editorial
By Rebecca T. Miller
A special project to Mend the World, literally and figuratively, helps us sew our way to world harmony.

Horror Writers Association Announces Summer Scares Reading Program
By LJ Staff

The Horror Writers Association, in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Library Journal and School Library Journal, launches a reading program that will provide libraries and schools with an annual list of recommended horror titles for adult, young adult (teen), and middle grade readers.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty tops holds this week. The World Fantasy Awards are out. The Changeling by Victor LaValle and Jade City by Fonda Lee tie for Best Novel. The 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books are also announced.

Adaptations and Best of the Month | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Droughtlander is almost over, season four of Outlander starts on Sunday. News breaks about how HBO's GOT might end. Family Trust by Kathy Wang gets the Costco nod.

Xpress Reviews

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

In fiction, the plot of The Highlander Who Protected Me, by Vanessa Kelly, "occasionally loses momentum over character development, and a few anachronistic word choices creep in, [but] overall this is an entertaining and enchanting read; thoroughly delightful." In nonfiction, A Rock Between Two Rivers: Fracturing a Texas Family Ranch, by Hugh Asa Fitzsimons III is a "poignant memoir and firsthand account of an environmental crisis found in many states, not just Texas, and its consequential boom-bust economics. A welcome addition for all environment/current events/political collections." How Do You Smoke a Weed? A Comics Guide to a Responsible High, by Owlin, is this week's starred graphic novel. "Highly recommended for all readers looking for the straight dope on marijuana use, regardless of prior experience." And in e-originals, How the Dukes Stole Christmas: A Holiday Romance Anthology, by Tessa Dare & others, "manages to create a very satisfying romantic arc while asking questions about how women can make nontraditional choices with respect to the patriarchy.... Highly recommended for the holiday season.

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